ping: Health check

API: jokeapi.dev:joke-api
Endpoint: /ping
Response format: text/plain
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 170ms

Description

Returns a simple 'Pong!' message to confirm the API service is operational. Use this to verify connectivity before making other API calls.

From spec: Simple ping endpoint to check if the API is online.

Usage Tips

- No authentication required - No rate limits on this endpoint - Returns 200 OK when service is healthy

Examples (1)

Basic health check ping doc_extracted

Demonstrates a simple health check to verify the API is online and responding.

curl 'https://v2.jokeapi.dev/ping'

import requests

resp = requests.get("https://v2.jokeapi.dev/ping")
data = resp.json()

import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("jokeapi")
result = api.fetch("ping")

for item in result:
    print(item)

const resp = await fetch("https://v2.jokeapi.dev/ping");
const data = await resp.json();

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Time	Status	Latency
2026-04-16 01:12:25.610521	200	170ms
2026-04-15 02:32:36.710868	200	174ms
2026-04-14 01:51:26.066153	200	164ms
2026-04-12 13:52:30.881713	200	139ms
2026-04-10 00:40:56.164641	200	637ms
2026-04-09 02:29:32.824897	200	140ms